assert: [17] Assert comes ultimately from Latin asserere, which meant literally ‘join oneself to something’. It was a compound verb formed from the prefix ad- ‘to’ and serere ‘join’ (source of English series and serial), and it came to take on various metaphorical connotations: if one ‘joined oneself to’ a particular thing, one ‘declared one’s right to’ it, and if one ‘joined oneself to’ a particular point of view, one ‘maintained’ it, or ‘claimed’ it.
The verb was used in both these senses when English acquired it, from the Latin past participial stem assert-, but the former had more or less died out by the end of the 18th century. => serial, series
assert (v.)
c. 1600, "declare," from Latin assertus, past participle of asserere "claim, maintain, affirm" (see assertion). Related: Asserted; asserting. To assert oneself "stand up for one's rights" is recorded from 1879.
例文
1. Mr.Helm plans to assert that the bill violates the First Amendment.
ヘルム氏は、同法案が憲法第1改正案に違反していることを声明するつもりだ。
2.The defendants,who continue to assert their innocence,are expected to appeal.
各被告は無実を主張しており、控訴する見通しだ。
3.She continued to assert that she was innocent.
彼女はまだ自分に罪はないと主張している。
4.To assert this is to denigrate the effectiveness of the police.
これを堅持することは、警察の仕事の能力をけなすことだ。
5.The enemy will invariably seek opportunities to assert himself.